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his anxiety to secure to Turkey the friendship and support of her natural ally, and to prove at the same time by, tan gible evidence to the populations of his empire the unfound edness of the belief spread among them by the agents Of: Russia and Mehemet Ali as to Great Britain's hostility ; wards himself, and decided partiality in favour of his re:-: bellious vassal, the Sultan has deemed it prudent not"to add fresh motives to the Emperor's growing displeasure un til he has acquired more valid proofs than those afforded by these mere demonstrations of England's readiness and ability to screen him from the consequences of Muscovite: resentment. The British Admiral has, it is reported, received an invitation from the Sultan to pay a visit to his capital. The French Ambassador had, on the 20th inst., an au dience of the Sultan. After presenting the autograph letter whereby the King of the French announced the birth of the Comte de Paris, Admiral Roussin explained to his Highness the reasons which had prevented him from signing the commercial convention lately concluded between the Ottoman and the British Governments. The clause in serted in that treaty to render its stipulations applicable to Egypt appeared objectionable to the French Cabinet, which, ever anxious for the preservation of peace in the East, saw in the faculty granted to England, depriving the Governor of that province of the principal source of his revenues, the unavoidable cause of fresh hostilities between him and the Sultan.—Times. GREECE. ATHENS, OCT. 24.—The King has now been absent from his capital for some days, having set out on a tour through Continental Greece, purporting to proceed to Mis solonghi to meet the Queen, who was expected to embark at Ancona in the 16th, on her rourn to this place, by the Gulf of Lepanto ; but it is now said her Majesty would not embark in the Greek corvette before the 20th. News has reached us that 24 brigands were on the road by which the King had to pass, near Salona, and that his Majesty, not relishing a rencontre with this class of his loving sub jects, very prudently took another route. Before the King's departure, Sir Edmund Lyons pre sented to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs three notes of very serious import, by order of Lord Palmers ton. The one insisting on satisfaction for insult to a groom in the service of our Minister, which the Greek Government refused. The second demanding the pay ment of the interest due on the first and second series of the loan ; and the third to notify to King Otho that England was extremely chagrined to observe that the pledges given by King Louis of Bavaria, by Otho, and by the allies, of a constitution to the Greeks, had not yet been carried into effect ; that an anti-national system of govern ing was persisted in, in spite of the remonstrances of the Court of England ; that the effect had been to impoverish Greece, to permit the squandering of her resources, and to create just and loud discontent among the Greeks ; that England again called upon Otho to fulfil his pledges, and, in case of refusal on the part of the King, England would withdraw her protection from his Government, her gua rantee for the loan would cease, and she would take instant measures for the recovery of what is due to her. You may naturally imagine that these notes put Otho into a precious quandary, although the subject of them had been repeatedly urged upon the King's Government by Sir E. Lyons, yet his verbal communications were disregarded, the thick skulled counsellors of Otho persuading their master that it was Sir Edmund's private pique against the Bavarians that prompted him to annoy them ; but now the pre sentation of diplomatic notes convinces them that Sir Edmund was only acting agreeably to the wishes of his Government. It is said that the King, in an audience he gave Sir Edmund, asked if England intended to " imposer une constitution a moi ?" To which the diplomate replied, " England sees that the government of Greece cannot go on without a constitution." The first step taken by Otho was to suspend the ordonnances, which were ready for sig nature, changing the present Ministry to one composed en tirely of Russian subjects and agents, expelling Zograffos. Spaniolaky, and Criezis. Beyond this we know not what measures Otho means to take. He flatters himself that Russia and Austria will carry him through in his despotic views ; and the French Minister, Lagrene, gives his full support to Russia ; but he is so contemptible that few pay any attention to him. For my part, I sho u ld no t b e at a ll surprised if Otho, finding himself closely pressed by Eng land and by the Greeks for a constitution, determines on abdicating the throne, now that he and his country men have swallowed up all the resources. Like persons of weak intellect, the King possesses a wonderful fund of obstinacy. Amongst the scandal of our capital it is said that a daughter of Conduriotti, who has been married for several years, without children, is at last enciente, and this is at tributed to the skilful treatment of an Athenian doctor. King Otho, whose wish to have progeny is as great as any of his subjects, has sent to question the above practitioner, who engages that the Queen shall gratify the wishes of the King if she be entrusted entirely to his care, and the Ba varian physicians dismissed. The Court is in deliberation as to what is to be done in this dilemma. In one word, I think no one can deny that the Govern ment of Greece possesses little of stability in its composi tion, and that the treaty of July, 1827, and subsequent protocols, have left the question as much unsettled as ever it was. Russia will to the last use every possible intrigue to keep the country in a state of confusion, and prevent a con stitution being granted. COMMUTATION OF TITHES, The following circulars have been issued by the Tithe Commissioners : " Tithe Commission, Oct. 31, 1838, " Rev. Sir,—lt has been determined to select and carry through the Courts, at the public expense, one case in which the law of rating tithes, as laid down in the case of • The King v. Joddrell,' may be re-considered and finally settled by the Court of Queen's Bench, " I send you notice of this intention, that in case you are involved in, or are contemplating, litigation,' you may, if you think proper, avoid expense, by suspending the course of that litigation, and abiding the result of the case selected for trial. " If you are not the tithe-owner, or not the sole tithe owner of the parish you reside in, you will oblige me by transmitting this letter, or the information contained in it, to the tithe-owner, or tithe-owners. " If litigation has already begun, you will further favour me by transmitting to me, under cover, to The Tithe Commissioners for England and Wales, London, an ac count of your case, and of the stage it has reached. " That case which seems best adapted to raise all the questions it is wished to have settled, and no others, will be selected for trial and subsequent argument in the Queen's Bench. " l have the honour to be, Rev. Sir, " Your faithful servant. " RICHARD JONES. " To the Rev. the Officiating Minister of MEMORANDUM ON THE SUBJECT OF RATING OF TITHES. The ascertaining of the principles or different relative liabilities according to which different properties may be rateable is the duty of the overseers in making the rate, not of the valuer in making his valuation. " As respects the relative liability of several classes of property, especially the different liabilities of tithe and farmed lands, great doubts are at present entertained, and the Commissioners are not competent to resolve them. " The Commissioners are very desirous of seeing some appeal tried, in a way to raise the question in a manner in which it may be satisfactorily settled by the ?roper legal tribunals. " In the meantime, and until a satisfactory decision can be obtained upon this subject, the Commissioners would re commend that a temporary arrangement should be adopted, by which neither party could be eventually injured. " The following arrangement appears likely to answer the purpose : " The tithes, or other property, in which the parties interested claim to be rated below the net annual value as defined by the Parochial Assessment Act, might, notwith standing such claim, be provisionally rated at the net annual value as so defined and ascertained by the valuer. " Until the question of relative liability be determined, the overseers might collect no more than a definite propor tion, as, f or exa mple, two-thirds of the rate charged on the tithes, or such other proportion as the titheowner might admit his liability to pay. " When the question is finally determined, the interme diate payments should be considered as payments on account, and the excess should be returned, or the deficiency made up, as the case may then require. " September 8, 1838." ••••••••.••••• The Charivari treats its readers to the following squib, apropos of the recent unfortunate occurrence at the Tuileries :—" Important information. —Persons tired of life, and desiious of quitting it economically and sureely, ; have only to take a walk in the evening to the Tuileries first gate on the left, fronting the Rue de Ri voli. A p ply to the sentinel." Mr. O'Connell, with surprising vigour and elasti city of spirit, has been making speeches almost daily in the course of a triumphal progress through the south of Ire land. His popularity seems unimpaired, but we could wish that he turned it to better account. It can be of little use—even in Ireland, we should hope—to hold up the British people, and especially the British Liberal party in any of its sections, as hostile to his countrymen. That it is the reverse of truth is perfectly notorious ; nay, it is an absurdity.--Null Observer. SOUTH EASTERN AND DOVER RAILWAY. — The Dover Chronicle states that this railway proceeds actively towards completion. IRELAND• Lul. :tiACIIALE AND 111`,:z GRACE if R. MURRAY. Six,—Having just seen, in the Freeman's Journal of - .Ntwsday evening, a letter bearing the signature of the - .7Most Rev. Dr. Murray, I avail myself of the earliest op -phrtunity of stating that a passage which had reference to me is utterly devoid of truth—namely, that an application was.forwarded to the Board for aid towards the establish ment of a national school in my dwelling-house in Holly- .mount. It is scarcely necessary for me to state that my 'dwelling-house is more than a mile from Hollymk.unt, and that it never once occurred to me to coavert any portion of a cottage, which is sufficiently small for my own accommo dation, into a national school. It is but justice to his Grace Dr. Murray to state, that I am convinced he would be incapable of any wilful misrepresentation. I only regret that his Grace did not make himself better informed as to the truth of a fact so improbable before he should suffer himself to be imposed on by some not trustworthy re porters. I remain your obedient servant, JAMES MACHALE, Mountview, Nov. 15, 1838. P.P. Kilcoman and Robin. The Mail, in its wonted liberality, and with its cha racteristic Christianity, sneers at Dr. Murray and the " Priest," intimating that although the Romish Prelate is not to be believed on oath, yet it does not see reason to doubt Dr. Machale's assertion, as he is treating not with heretics, but with a member of his own community. In reply to the Rev. Jas. Machale's letter, the Evening Post says that Doctor Murray made no mistake whatever in the matter ; and the proof lies on the face of the docu ment containing the queries which the Board put when ap plication for aid is made to them. To the question, " Is the whole building exclusively employed for the use of the scho lars?" the reply in the particular case in dispute is, " That it is part of a dwelling-house !" and to the question, " If not" (exclusively intended for scholars) " who uses it or dwells therein ?" the answer is, " The Rev. James Machale"— the applicants, as before stated, being the Most Rev. John Machale, Archbishop, and the Rev. James Machale, 'P.P. It is clear, therefore, that wherever the mistake lies, it is not with the venerated Prelate of Dublin. Ma. O'CONNELL.—Mr. O'Connell was to be in Dub lin on Wednesday (this) evening, and a public Precursor Meeting, it is expected, will be held on Thursday. The Honourable Gentleman dined at Limerick last Friday. He has now finished his Munster circuit of Pre cursory visits, after which he will proceed in rotation to the other three provinces, which will occupy his time till Christmas. COLLEGES.—There has been a meeting in Cork for the establishment of Lay Provincial Colleges. O'CONNELL—THE:YEAR 1838.—The simultaneous col lection of the O'Connell Annuity for the present year, 1838, is fixed to take place on Sunday the 9th December next . in all the parishes of Ireland. Some of the most influential members of the Wes leyan persuasion have recently been holding meetings at Manchester and elsewhere, to devise the best means of celebrating and commemorating the approaching centenary of Methodism. It is at present proposed to erect a spaci ous and elegant edifice, to be devoted to the sole use of the Theological Institution, or college for the education of young men who are desirous of entering into the ministry ; also, to build more commodious premises for the Missionary Committee and Secretaries to transact their business in ; and the large surplus which is certain to remain will be devoted to other objects. In the space of two days the subscriptions at the Manchester treasury amounted to the astonishing sum of 27,000/. ; and it is confidently expected that considerably more than 100,0001. wilt be realised when the plans and intentions of the Committee of Management are known. Many subscribed their 1,000/. each, still more 500/. each, and:so on in proportion with their 250/.'s, 2001.'5, and 1001.'s. The paragraph that appeared in our last number, relative to Wheat and Wages, was sent by a farmer, who, like many of his class, have been befooled by the landlords into a belief that the Corn-laws are a blessing, and not, as they actually are, a curse to the whole community. Yesterday morning, between six and seven o'clock, a labourer, named Henry Brown, while at work on board a stone barge lying off Bankside, Southwark, slipped over the side, and, falling into the water, was carried away by the tide, and drowned. At a public meeting held at Gloucester on Thurs day, in order to consult upon and adopt measures to pre vent the great destruction occurring from fires, it was una nimously resolved to form a fire brigade after the model of that in London. UNIVERSITY OF LEYDEN.—" The university of Leyden requires no tests or declarations of religious belief either from its professors or scholars, and consequently it comprehends all sects and denominations, both Christian and Jewish. The senatus consists of thirty-three profes sors, who are divided into faculties—Literature, Philoso phy, Medicine, Law, Theology, and Mathematics and Physics. The code of instruction embraces nothing new or suitable to the enlarged ideas of education in modern times. Most of the lectures are still delivered in Latin, and the public announcements of the curriculum are in the same antiquated language. Last year the number of students was 700. The students, who wear no particular dress, reside in lodgings io the town, and are sociable and polite in their manners, though perhaps possessing a little of the wildishness of their brethren, the German burschen. A large number of them own a club-house, where subscribers dine and recreate themselves with various amusements. In their reading-room I observed a profusion of German and French periodicals and newspapers, but not one in English. Many of the students, however, are well acquainted with the English language, having studied it chiefly with the view of being able to read the poetry of Byron and Burns. Much as I had reason to be pleased with what I saw in the society of the students, and what I heard of their diligence in learning, I regret that impartiality obliges me to warn young men against proceeding to Ley den for their education. Every new student is compelled, during a period of six weeks, to be a drudge or fag to those of older standing, and is thus subjected to a course of the most mortifying insults. The practice of duelling is also carried on without restraint from the professors or civil authorities, and a young man has almost to fight his way into general estimation among his fellows. The garden behind the club-house is the usual arena for these; disgrace ful encounters ; and there, as I was informed, a combatant was two or three years ago run through the body and killed on the spot. How these things can be toler a t e d among such an orderly people as the Dutch, is beyond my comprehension."—Chambers's Journal. At a Borough Quarter Sessions lately held in the west of Cornwall, a person stood indicted for felony. The defence was ably conducted by a professional gentleman of the town, who clearly established the innocence of his client ; but considerable hesitation was observed on the part of one of the jurors in consenting to a verdict of acquittal. Another juror remonstrated with him on his obstinacy, when lie said, " Why should I give a verdict or Mr. (the prisoner's advocate) ? He's no cus tomer of mine !" However, rather than be locked up, he yielded, and the man was acquitted.—Cornwall Royal Gazette. Friday evening an inquest was held at the London Hospital, before Mr. Baker, the Coroner, on view of ill:, body of Thomas Blacker, a fine young man, who died in that Institution. From the evidence it appeared that the deceased, who was in the service of Mr. Hughes, a potatoe salesman, opposite Whitechapel Church, took a mare out of his master's stable to make room for a horse that was brought there, and upon taking her back again, he incau tiously took the halter off her head, and struck the animal with it behind. The mare then attempted to kick him, and notwithstanding he was cautioned not to do so, he ,gain went close to her, and began to pat her, when the animal b :eked out, and struck him with one of her feet in the lower part of the abdomen. He was at once removedto the Hospital, where he lingered in the most excruciating pain for about twenty-four hours, 'when death terminated his sufferings. Mr. Hughes, the owner of the mare, stated in reply to the questions of the Jury, that she was by no means a vicious animal ; that the deceased had been in the habit of grooming her; and he attributed her kicking in the manner described to the strange horse being brought into the stable to her, and the deceased having incautiousiy taken the halter off her. A verdict to the effect that the deceased died from the violence of the kick was returned. Another inquest was held on the body of Elizabeth Roberts, a female, 76 years of age. It seemed that on the sth inst. the deceased, who was an inmate of Bishopsgate workhouse, was knocked down by the pole of a mourning coach, in Bishopsgate- s t ree t, an d rece i ve d ser i ous i n j uries, ° from the effects o f w hi c h s h e di e d . N o b lame was attri buted to the driver of the coach, and a verdict of " Acci dental Death" was returned. On the evening of Wednesday last, between six and seven o'clock, the Glasgow and Perth mail coach, on its way thither, was overturned on the road between Bishop's bridge and Ardoth. The fog was very thick, and the guard cautioned the coachman of the necessity of proceed ing slowly ; notwithstanding, at a declivity, the coach was drawn off the road and overturned with such violence as to make it actually roll once round. The outside passen gers were, Mr. Hunter, younger, of Glencarse, Mr. Weekes, t h e well-known comedian, and a Mr. Forrester, a cattle dealer, all of whom were more or less injured, the two latter so severely that Mr. Weekes has ever since been confined to bed in the Star Inn, and Mr. Forrester still lies at Crieff. n c e o rs m The guard had also a bad fall, and was for some d a y s con fined, but is no w better. The insi de passengers escaped u nhurt. Mr. We ekes, bruises, y at Dund ee , but the effects o. his from his full h a bi t , are likely t o prevent any him fulfilling en ga gement for some t i me.— dramaticwetanadn, was o n hi s way ud p to join Mr. Rider 's Perth courier. H'lll WATER AT LONPON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning NEW WORK by the .117 T NOR ci " RA,NDOM UICOL LEC TIONS," Nearly ready, in 2 vols. post octavo, TRAVELS IN TOWN. By the Author of " Random Recollections," " The Great Metropolis," &c. &c. Saunders and Otley, Conduit-street, Hanover-square. Orders received by all Booksellers. Ti,. ouhliration ff THE SuNT NE , A SPAPER commenced this iy at 20 minutes past Three o' Clack LONDON WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 21, 1838. 'We understand that the Government regards the news from Canada as much exaggerated. No doubt some alarm prevails at Montreal, but it is chiefly caused by reports from the American frontier, which are never much to be relied on. We hope, therefore, that the state of things there may not he so bad as it has been represented by a Morning Contemporary. We will not assert that the news recently arrived from Canada may not cause the Parliament to he assembled before the middle of January, but we believe it will not. At the same time, till that came there certainly was no intention of calling it to gether till that period, as has been stated by the Tory Papers. By the arrival of the packet-ship Garrick at Liver pool yesterday, from New York, whence she sailed on the 25th ult., we have received important news from the Canadas, the details of which will be found in another part of The Sun. It appears, that in conse quence of a general anticipation of hostilities in the Ca nadas during the winter, Lord DURHAM had renounced his intention of going to Washington, and fixed the Ist inst. for sailing from Quebec direct to England. The Inconstant frigate was ordered to he in readiness, and as any delay was considered out of the question, we hourly expect to receive news of his Lordship's arrival. The prevailing rumour in Montreal and Quebec was, that the Executive Government at Washington had received a full account of an extensive plot having been formed on the American frontier, with a view to aid the rebels with men and supplies as soon as the winter would set in ; and that, to demonstrate the friendly feelings of the Federal Government towards England, the President had directed all the particulars to be officially com municated to Lord DURHAM and Sir JOHN COL BORNE. The President also privately informed Lord DURHAM that while the Federal Government would employ all the power vested in it by the Con stitution to compel the citizens of the United States to abstain from a violation of the Law of Nations, by interfering in the disputes between Great Britain and her Colonies, yet that it was of the utmost consequence for his Lordship to understand that the power vested in the Executive was really ina dequate to the complete prevention of such outrages. All the disposable regular troops at Nova Scotia and New Brunswick had been sent for by Sir JOHN COLBORNE, who was preparing to act with extreme firmness, and even unwonted rigour, in the event of any hostilities taking place. Notwithstanding , these precautions, the danger was considered immi nent. One of the Montreal journals, just received, thus addresses its readers It is fully time that every man who cannot make up his mind to face the approaching crisis, and act his part nobly, should retire from Canada. Civil war is close upon us—nothing but a Government armed with unrestricted power, and resolved to use it with decision, can avert the conse quences." The same journal adds, that early on the morning of the 17th ult., on the road between St. John's and Montreal, a person of undoubted veracity saw four hundred men in a body practising military evolutions under the direction of rebel chiefs. No thing, in fact, was waited for by the rebels but the setting in of the frost, so as to cut off all assistance from Great Britain, to determine them to try the game of war a second time. That they will receive assist ance from all the scum of the United States, is certain ; nor is it in the power of a Republic— constituted on the principles of the Federal Union, and having so extensive and ill-defined a frontier to guard, to prevent the commission of acts which would involve a more despotic Government in very serious difficulties. To add to the danger, the unlucky revocation of the DURHAM Proclamation by the House of Lords, has led to the return to the Canadas of some of the most influential leaders of the first rebellion, to profit in their future conflicts with die Loyalists by the experience gained by a first failure. What, then, is to be done ? The remedy is easy if the Government will not lose an instant in adopting it. Send plenty of troops to the Canadas before the closing of the St. Lawrence. There is ample time to make the voyage before the setting in of the frost ; we have ships in abundance ; and a large disposable force, for which we have not the shadow of any use at home. The cost of transport ' and the charge for providing officers and men with the requisites necessary for passing the winter comfortably in a colder climate, are of no account when balanced against the prevention of a barbarous civil war. The best economy is that which is sparing of human life ; and Heaven only knows how dreadful will be the waste of it in the ensuing winter in the Canadas, provided measures are not instantly adopted by the sending out of plenty of troops, to compel the insurgents to remain quiet. All now depends upon the instant decision of her MAJESTY'S Ministers. In former periods the dominant Church of England was content to plunder, oppress, and persecute the Catholics ; and then it found, as in Ireland, that per secution had done its usual work, an d h a d converted while o n theiro f whose could receive feelings counter outraged, o w l t understandings the masses, the undeniable truth of Protestantism, into Roman Catholics. In this, as in all similar cases, the blood of the martyrs became the seed of the Faith. A few years ago this oppressive and persecuting Church, because the strength and the property o f th e C atholics were required for the national defence, had the morti fication to see the State strike off the fetters which had been placed on them ; till finally, its great political defenders were compelled, in 1829, to remove one of the last and heaviest links of its odious chain. Since then our well paid priesthood have seen no chance of preserv ing the property, which, if not wholly received by the public, and devoted to some more useful purpose th an the nourishment of bigotry, pride, and priestcraft in the land, properly belongs to the Roman Catholics, ex cept by decrying the doctrine, the faith, and the con duct of the Roman Catholic priesthood. A few years ago, then, they began itinerant missions, draggi ng into light long-forgotten Catholic obscenities, and e ven falsifying and forging documents, in order to convince the public of the errors of the Catholic faith, a n d o f the crimes of Catholic priests. An old smuggler, it is said, makes a good Custom-house officer; and who, then, so proper to expose the conduct of the Catholic priests as our own Clergy, who resemble their rivals to a hair ; who profess a very N similar faith, as the THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1838. Archbishop of CANTERBURY has stated ; who claim the Rlme apostolical surcf,s7ion who vim it the ordination of Roman Catholic priests ; and who, like them, grasp incessantly at wealth, influence, and power ? We have little doubt, then, that many of the accusations which :Messrs. M'GHEE, O'NEILL, and O'SULLIVAN, with Drs. CROLY and PHILL POTTS, brought against the Catholic priesthood, are substantially true, because they are borrowed from their own hearts, and are but the reflection of the practices of the priesthood in all ages of the world. Having so much truth on their side, we are now called on by that Journal which has fanned their zeal, and stigmatized the Popish Priests, under the inspiration probably of some Protestant Parson who knows well the ecclesiastical character, as " surpliced ruffians," to admire their success. What good have the ruffian attacks of the press on the Catholic priests and the Protestant priesthood effected ? What bene fit have they conferred on the Protestant Church ? Hear the answer of the Times : During the last ten years the extension of Romanism in England has been going forward at a ratio which, unless it be arrested by seasonable and judicious counteractives, bids fair, in the course of a few generations, to bring that odious imposture into general fashion and favour. The amount of increase which Popery can actually boast o I from the professed conversion of English Protestants is, we fear, much greater than a superficial acquaintance with the subject would lead one to suppose. Even in Edinburgh and the neighbourhood, with it strict Presbyterian worship, there have been, of late years, several remarkable instances of conversions to Popery among Protestant ladies of considerable station, talents, and accomplishments : who, after having successively idolized every popular preaches of the day, and graduated through the various professions of Churchism, Rowism, Irvingism, and Millenarianism, have at last (one of them the daughter of a Scottish clergyman, and another the sister of a Scottish judge), together with divers female friends, smitten with the same distempered devoteeship, sought a refuge from all their disquietudes in the bosom of the Romish faith. Numerous cases of a similar description might be adduced without. difficulty. In addition to the older Romanist seminaries at Stony hurst, Bath, &c., a magnificent college has been lately built at Oscott, near Birmingham. Numerous chapels of very imposing architecture, have latterly sprung up in districts where no Popish place of worship previously existed. A very showy edifice was lately erected for a considerable con gregation at Hull ; and not more than a fortnight ago an almost cathedral church was opened at Leeds with the ut most possible pomp, the ceremony having been attended by a Romanist Bishop, with about sixty of his priests, together with a grand muster of the principal Catholic nobi lity and gentry both of Yorkshire and Lancashire. That, then, is the result of the modern persecution, which is as favourable to the Catholic superstition as were formerly the Penal Laws. The incessant vitu peration of the Ultra-Protestant press and of the greedy Protestant priesthood, direct the attention of pious minds to the Catholic religion, and they soon discover, as compared to the Church of England, that the advantages are on its side. They are taught by the controversy that it has:antiquity in its favour— and some Church of England Divines now reject the Gospel for the Fathers ; that the apostolical suc cession claimed by the one is more certainly in the other; that a venerable priest is the chief of one—of the other the Minister of the day, who may be an infidel ; that both claim an exclusive power of saving souls, which they deny to the priests of other Churches ; that the unendowed Catholic Church pro vides religious instruction for all the Irish, while the endowed Protestant Church, wallowing in extorted wealth, leaves millions of the English immersed in heathenism ; they compare both the doctrines and the deeds of the two Churches—one suffering and perse cuted, the other arrogant and oppressive ; and they conclude that the English Church has few or none of the characteristics of a genuine Christian Church. It is, in fact, the old Roman Catholic Church, shorn of the splendour with which that dazzled the people, and of the virtues with which it soothed their doubts and afflictions. It only serves to prepare the people to go back to the Catholic Church. Does the Times not begin to doubt whether it do well to support such a costly instrument for restoring the dominion of priest craft ? The scene which took place yesterday at the Man sion -house leaves no doubt, if any doubt could remain, that a regular conspiracy or combination exists to keep up the price of coal for the benefit of a few monopolists, The LORD MAYOR, who some days ago seemed in disposed to listen to the charges made by the indefati gable BRADFIELD against the Coal-factors and Co., has in the meantime turned his attention to the sub ject, arid his inquiries have led him to the conclusion that " there is something wrong in the coal trade ;" that there seems to h e " a grea t d ea l o f o b scur i ty , as we ll as trick about it;" and certainly the proceedings of certain officious gentlemen, who came yesterday to white wash the coal-factors, did not at all clear up the obscurity, or disprove the tricks. A Mr. METCALF, a coal-factor, with a host of his friends, appealed be fore the LORD MAYOR to rebut the charges made by Mr. BRADFIELD, and unluckily for them, though fortunately for the ends of justice, that gentleman made his appearance just as they commenced their defence of the coal-factors. The colloquies that took place on the occasion will be found highly interesting to all but those who rob the public, and starve the poor by keeping up this grinding monopoly. The LORD MAYOR deserves great credit for the attention lie has paid to the subject, and for denouncing withou ceremony those who are privy to the " tricks" in the coal trade, and who are members of what his Lordship called " a most injurious combination." We believe Ins Lordship is a good Tory, and we may be allowed to say that he has now a fine opportunity of not only doing benefit to his party, but of making himself the most popular Lord Mayor that ever sat on the justice-bench, by rooting out this atrocious system of peculation and robbery. We refer our readers to the while report in another part of the Paper. Some of the more zealous partizans of the old " ascendancy" faction in Ireland, have lately laid their heads together to revive the defunct Orange Lodge system in that country. The pretence held out to the public for this resuscitation of a confederacy so deeply tainted with treason, and in consequence so odious in public estimation that it was compelled to dissolve it s elf, is the defence of Protestantism ; but the real object of the parties who have taken the lead in this affair, is entirely political. It is neither more nor less than an attempt to regain for the Orange party that power which it enjoyed in the good old times, when Toryism was rampant in the councils of Great Britain, and Catholic Ireland was regarded in the light of a conquered pro vince, fit only to be trampled on by the minions of the conqueror. Happily the attempt is as ridiculous as it is impotent. The public see through the thin dis guse thrown over the proceedings of the Orange men. If the protection of the Protestant reli gion be the object of these conspirators, why do they not take a religious designation ? Why do they not call themselves " Protestants" and not " Orange men ?" Wherefore have they select e d t h at name which of all others is most connected with political recollec tions, and most calculated to excite political animo sity ? No : the plain fact is, that Toryism is fast falling to a discount in the sister isle, and this is a scheme devised for the purpose of propping it up. The flame has died away, and unless the slumbering embers are roused up, there is danger that the sacred fire may be altogether extinguished. This is evident even from the Report of the Orange Committee which preceded the new organization. One paragraph of that pvecious document is couched in the foligwilig terms : y o ur Committee cannot conceal that au extension of the Orange Institution is now more than ever necessary, not merely from the %, r,‘r,e(e‘s that more tha.: threaten the Protestants of Ireland, but also to counteract the evils which the well-grounded discontent of the Pro testant Yeomanry is slowly but inevitably producing. Abandoned by the Government, and told to expect from English sympathy a remedy for their grievances, they have patiently sustained those grievances till their endurance is worn out ; they almost apprehend that British connection has ceased to be a protection, for it seems to add weight to the burthen that oppresses them by becoming a pretext for the counsel of quiescent endurance. Finally, they are fast verging towards a disposition to join in any scheme (whether feasible or not) which may lend a hope of im proving their condition ; and their English sympathies may be worn out, unless they again find that safety and protec tion which they once enjoyed under the shelter of the Orange Institution." That men should " verge towards a disposition" to improve their condition, is not very wonderful ; and, therefore, there is nothing surprising in the fact that the Irish Tories, seeing the benefits conferred on their country by a liberal and wise administration of its affairs, and seeing, moreover, no earthly pro spect that their " English (alias Tory) sympathies will ever he rewarded with those places, pensions, and jobs which are shadow ed forth under the type of " safety and protection,"--it is not surprising, we say, that the Tories of Ireland, thus situated; should begin to inquire into the grounds of a political creed which prevents them from " improving their condition." As to the policy of the attempt to revive the Orange Lodges, with all their suspicious ma• chinery of secret oaths, secret meetings, and other appurtenances, we think it is decidedly bad. Should any considerable portion of the party join the Asso ciation, which we think is not likely, the assured con sequence would be to give new vigour to Mr. O'CON NELL'S agitation. The organizatio❑ of Orange Societies on an extensive scale would furnish him with a standing topic of declamation, of which no one knows better than he how to take the advantage. What indeed, is more calculated to rouse the " young blood" of Ireland, and to enlist it in the service of a Liberal Government, than having the' genuine spirit of Orangeism in active operation before the view, associ ated as it is, too, with recollections of nothing but op pression, persecution, and wrong of every description. The Paris Journals of Sunday and Monday—the former having been delayed for twenty-four hours by the stormy state of the weather—have all been received. Their contents are not of much political importance. A rumour prevailed that the order for the evacuation of Ancona had been countermanded in consequence of official dispatches received at the Foreign-office, from the French Legation at Rome. Extracts from these Papers will_ be found elsewhere in our columns. The news from Spain received this morning shows that the system of reprisals, .or rather cold-blooded murders, established by the monster CABRERA, is in full operation in several of the Provinces I The people who can tolerate such atrocities are a disgrace to Europe. Cowards in the field, they become heroes when armed with the knife of the assassin ! The Queen Dowager of England, as we learn from Naples, was visited on the 4th ult. by all the members of the Neapolitan Royal Family who were in the capital, and by all the Foreign Ambassadors and other diplomatists, The Hon. Fox Maule, M.P., has left town for Perthshire. The Honourable Gentleman's constituents, among whom be is highly and deservedly popular, have in vited him to a public dinner, at which between 400 and 500 persons will be present. We learn that the body of the Right Hon. Robert Cutlar Fergusson is to be taken to Scotland, to be interred in the family vault at Craigdarrock, Dumfriesshire.— Galignaili. WANTED A TITLE.—The Chronicle says that a name is wanted to replace that of " Tory," now become obsolete and unmentionable — to ears polite." " Conserva tive" being considered too close, and " Improver" too much nither way ; anything betwixt and between is de,i derated. " We're not book learned to choose a word in vogue, But think it should be Latin for a rogue." A handsome gratuity will be afforded to any person who can supply the hiatus satisfactorily, on application at, Puddle Dock, between daylight and dark. In the course of inquiry at the Uxbridge Petty Sessions into the ability of certain agricultural labourers to pay poor rates, it was stated that 10s. per week was the average amount of wages paid during the winter to farmers' labourers in West Middlesex, while very many received much less. A Jew was yesterday committed to the House of Correction for a month by the Magistrates of Queen-square, in default of paying a penalty of 101. incurred for hawking glasses for sale without a license. Moses said he only ex changed his wares for old clothes. BAPTISMAL NAMES OP THE SECOND SON OF *THE KING AND QUEEN OF PORTUGAL.—Dom Louis Felippe, Maria Fernando, Pedro de Alcantara, Antonio, Miguel, Rafael, Gabriel Genzaga, Xavier Francisco de Asses, Joao, Augusto, Julio, Volfando de Braganza e Bour bon Saxe Coburg Gotha. SPORTING EXTRAORDINARY. —On Tuesday morning, about day-break, the mate of a vessel lying in the Old Dock, at this port (Hull), had his attention attracted by an extraordinary noise, like repeated thumps upon the deck ; oa looking to ascertain the cause, he found no less than half a dozen partridges prostrate on the deck, four of which he succeeded in catching with his hand, but the other two having recovered sufficiently from their shocks, made their escape. He deposited his booty alive with some food in a basket, where they remained until evening, when, on looking to see how they were, they arose in an instant from a perfect stillness, and flew out of the basket. One of them put out the cabin light, and the whole were much more difficult to take in the cabin than they had previously been in the open air. The sailor, determined to have no further trouble, twisted each of their necks as he secured them again. On the above morning we had a very keen frost.--Hull Observer. MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.—Captain Burrowes has been appointed barrack master at Blackburn, vice the Hon. Captain Liddell. An additional Captain has been sent from each division of the Royal Marines on recruiting service ; Captain Willes from Portsmouth to Salisbury, and Captain Coryton from Woolwich to Ashby-de-la- Zouch, went on the service last week. Lieutenant -Col, Basden and a detachment of the 89th Regiment are ordered to Barbadoes by the Numa transport, which is expected to sail in a fortnight. By letters from Bombay we learn that her Majesty's 2d Regiment of Foot had received the route from Belgaum to Deesa, to relieve the 40th Regiment of Foot. The former regiments were at that time in good health. The Arab transport, having on board detachments from the 23d, 36th, and 93d Regiments, sailed from Cork on Friday last, for Halifax. The total rank and file of the army in Ireland for November is as follows, viz., artillery 812 ; cavalry 1,759 I infantry 13,247—T0tal 15,818. There is no truth in the report which has been asserted in several weekly publications, that Surgeon Barlow, of the sth Dragoon Guards, lately met with an accident. Let ters from the officers of her Majesty's 17th Regiment of Foot, stationed in Bombay, under the command of Lieu tenant-Colonel Croker, left that r eg i ment i n the enjoyment of good he a lth u p to SepteMber sth. Two companies and head-quarters of the 34th depot, under the command of Major Ruxton, from Fermoy, arrived at Templemore on Friday last, THE NEW HACKNEY CARRIAGE ACT.—In a case (of no public interest in itself) which came before the Greenwich Magistrates yesterday, wherein the proprietor of a one-horse fly was charged with permitting an unlicensed person to drive his vehicle, a profes s io na l gent l eman f or the defend an t contended that the Bench had no jurisdic tion in the matter, and in support of his argument re ferred to the 23d section of the Act, which empowered Justices to hear and determine complaints. The words of that clause were, " And be it enac t e d th a t it s h a ll b e lawful for a n y ustice of the Peace appointed by her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home De partment," &c.—thus clearly showing that it was the inten tion of the Legislature to confine the magisterial jurisdic tion under the Act to the metropolitan police-offices, and not to extend it to Magistrates appointed by Lords- Lieutenant. The Magistrates briefly consulted together, and, after perusing the following clause (the 24th), whi c h sets forth the mode of proceeding for penalties, and pro vides " that it shall be lawful for any Justice of the Peace in all cases," &c., decided that the objection was overruled. It should also be remembered that the pre amble of the Act stated that its provisions should extend within ten miles of the General Post Office, and as the town of Greenwich was within that distance, the Magis trates were bound to hear evidence in support of the infor mation, MONEY AND COMMERCI 4 L F:t". 11 . Th AS Ii .3 Yj, T tVEL VE he We have received Cape o f G oo d H o p e Papers to t 13th September, from which we copy the following " The reader will find copies of addresses of the settler_ at the Hut Rive r t o hi s H onour th e p rese nt Goverl's on his proceeding t o E ng l an d, on l eave o f a b se nce, an a , Honour's reply." These Papers are not of th e least i n terest, and do nq contain any news f rom th e f ront i ers t h at can be re lic ' upon. Otte We have rec e i ve d a M on t rea l H era ld o f the 22c1 which d oes no t conta i n one wor d respect i ng the fe rl ', thousand men who were enrolling themselves along frontier to invade the Canadas. y rit The accou n t s rece i ve d b y t h e G arr i c k f rom New --() are of the 25th ult. By this vessel Government have ; ceived despatches from Lord Durham, which are said to, of an unfavourable nature. It is somewhat surprising that the United States °r e vernment should suffer the Canadian rebels to well/ again in s o l arge a f orce on t h e i r f ront i er, to i nva d e a friers State ; this, we suppose, must be owing to the great vves ue ness of the G overnmen t, w hi c h h as no con t ro l over t". citizens on the frontiers. We have rece i ve d a fil e o f A mer i can P apers this Ol d ing to the 26th u lt., b u t t h ey are ent i re l y w ithout P e " from Canada. The private letters from New York and Canada a re el as yet received. Th e E xc h ange on E ng l an d, 9i ; 13811 Shares, 120 k. Great excitem en t p reva il e d a t a l ate h our yes t e rday af te i r ; noon in the City, ow i ng t o an express having arrived at or, North and South A mer i can C o ff ee -h ouse , with unfe v°ll o able intelligence from Canada, when it was known tb . e another invasion of the C ana d as was con t em plated by t l li rebels, in gre a t f orce , on accoun t o f w hi c h much je st r and alarm prevailed in the above provinces. On the a s rival of the private letters brought by the Garrick, . At. shall be able to asc e rt a i n more pos i t i ve f acts on th e subj ec d The particulars of the intelligence received will be four' in another part of th e P a p er , w hi c h, up to t h e prese nt tiolet has scarcely had any effect on the British Funds. or Consols, which closed yesterday a t 94i f or M o ney 94i for the Account, were don e thi s morn i ng at 9 4 l i v o Account, but soon after recover e d t o 94i ; Money, t , same. Exchequer Bills, 67 69 ; India Bonds, 63 6' Bank Stock, 203 204 ; India Stock, 261 262. In the Foreign Market little doing. Spanish A.6 1% 1 17* -1 ; Portuguese, 31i ; Three per Cents., 0 1 6 ; Brazilian, 78i ; Mexican, 23i 24 ; Colombian, 2 5 i P et Dutch Two and- a -H a lf p er C ents ., 54; ; Five r Cents., 100 i/. bt By many persons in the City this morning, it is th ou that the news from Canada is not of that gloomy net ur , represented by the accounts received by the Gar'!,,i„ But we have no doubt th a t a fi re i s ki n dli ng t h er e, w bi t - lie if not extinguished in time, will blaie throughout Canadas. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOC I '' = 9l Bank Stock 2034%, India Stock ............ .... ........ 1 0 3 per Cent. Red. 9 3% %I>ii Ditto Bonds .. . ................ ~, 3 per Cent. Cons. 94% 3 4% 4, South Sea Stock .......... . ........ al ga U ? per Cent —; Old Annuities .................. ... 2 Ditto Red. lOOl3, I New Ditto . ............. .., ...... ..,., New 3;4 per Cent lO2 174 2 3 per Cent. Annuities, 175 4101 0 , 1 New 5 per Cent. - Bank Long Annuities to ex pi re Ditto Jan. 5, 1560 l4 15-16 15 Di tto Small 5OO Oct. 10, 1859 14 13-16 Ditto C0mmercia1......... -- , pr . Jan. 5, 1860 Ditto Advertised .. Jan. 5, 1881 — ...... --' .., Bank Stock for Account .••••• ....!, April 5, 1880 — I n di a S tock for Accoun t ...... Oil. Jan. 5, 1870 — Consols for A ccoun t ........... '„ c . PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT O NE O'CL u .., Austrian Bonds — Peruvian Bonds .................. 1 74 Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account ••• Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account — Ditto Account ............... Chilian Bonds ii,tto Account Columbian Bonds — Ditto Account ........... .. ..... '. Ditto Account 25 % ii -- -- 5,i Spanish DittoDitto MetallicAß o e c i i o d i ... ... ... ... ... .., ... ... ... ... ... . ... .. ... .: .: i i r Columbian Bonds, 1824 Ditto Account Danish Bonds Ditto Account z i French, r e D n i t e t h o , A 5 c p c e o r u c n e t i . , t ... .................. .:4 .. 1, Greek Bonds Ditto Bonds, 1825 —' 4 4 per cent. .....•••• ;,":rt bt: Ditto Account —l-- 3 per cent .......... ` T:4 5 i bu', Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cen —, [ ---- Exchange . ........• Ditto Account — Dutch, 2s per cent. ......... Ditto, 6 per Cent. — ' Ditto Account. ........ .... ..... 1 ..... Ditto Account — Ditto, 5 per cent ......... ..•••". Neapolitasi — Ditto Account....... ....... IC st. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLn-C ,S 11" - P a id. ref 10 London and Blackwall Railway 9 40_, London and Southampton (New) Railway 2O 5 0 N rth Midland Railway Company 55 iz 1 1, ' • Anti Dryrot Company Asphalte, Claridge's Patent Bitumen, Bastenne and Gaujac Do. Robinson counsE OF EXCHANGE YESTERDAY'- ed Amsterdam C.F. 12 54, Gibraltar ............................... Ow ,litto. 4 sight ...... „..... 12 334 Leghorn.... ........ ........ .. ..... 590 Rotterdam 2U. 12 5 . , Genoa • ,;3 1 Antwerp.. E4,...bur g . ...... ... ... ..M.B l3 II Venice. .............................. Os Alton.. , l3 11% Naples ' 'V / . LP4 Paris, 2 days' bigllt... 25 55 Palermo o ... ...... per 02. Ditto ... .. .. ............. .3 Ms. 25 133 Lisbon ..... ....................... ....' 52 1- narseilles 25 95 Oporto ...... ' 0 Bou Meaux Frankfort on Manta, Ex. M. 1:2 Bahia ,......••• , Peterstiingh, ruble 3 Us. 11) 0 Buenos Ayre s .................••'' 40 Berlin __ •••••• 46 Vienna, effectivelo 10 Philadelphia ..... . ........ ... ....... f" Trie.ste ..... .ditto ........... °,/, Madrid ;16% F P o o r rt e u ig g n al G G o o ld ld :in co ba in r . s . .......... ••••, :_t ) 10 7 37 36 New Double' -- ..... I)9; Cadiz.... 8i1b0:.., ..ew Doubl 0 4 Rircelotia ..... 4 I iiars Seville l6 , Silver, bars, standard ....•• 8 AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Nov. 10. Five per Cents. Metalli ques wo 1073 g Four per Cents. SI 4, Three per Cents. 145 9 Rank Shares —Aligemeine Zeitung, Nov. 15 DO' HALF-PAST i otir - We have just seen a letter from Quebec of th e l from`ult., whi c h, i n part , conf i rms the intellig enc e receive d that quart er t hi s morn i ng. tllc l The Yankees are assembling in great force 011 60 0 frontiers, an d more i s apprehended from their invasien from the Patriots. I)° s LIVERPOOL COTTON-M ARKET, Nov. 20.--We have 10, anything new in the Cotton -market to-day. lu b e l'oc a ' been a fair d eman d, an d steady prices have been °""':,0.% Tile sales are about 4,000 bags. Egyptian, lid. t,( 5 I° d • t° Surats, 4id. 50. ; Bahias, Bd. to 80. ; Pernaras, - 91d. ; and American, 6d. to Bd. per lb. I, a O r Although th e news f rom C anada has not as yet he pe t' pe r effect on the B r iti s h F un d s, an em i nent b ro k er gale ; 9 4. cent. for the p u t o f upwar d s of 100,0001. C onso ls' ad sale' for th e o p en i ng i n J anuary. This indicates an exPecteor a' in Consols. The Chancery broker sold, during „,t 11 1 , 13 Corr ing, thirteen thousand pounds Consols at 94. I l e t 9P . missioners purchased this day ten thousand Reduce",,' / 5 : P r Consols are at present 94 to - i ; Money, 93k c s ' to cl" chequer Bills, 67 69 prem. ; India Bonds, 6.5; 13a° ' 2)3i ;- India Stock, 261 . gn Market little doing. In th- Forei t 2,54 ; Dutch TINTO Portuguese, n l i .0 Cents., 100 i, di sO l In Shares very little d • P •much `—e mg. rues d 1 e ss as yesterday, . a T nd h_r a e . e li p a e lf r . pCerenctse.,nt2s.o,:i4alCn;jol:e'rebiplie°;, The New York packet ship of the Ist inst. is '" ' daily expected. The Batavier steamer has not yet arrived. oar' THREE Consols for the Account, 94 to 94k. STATISTICAL SOCIETY.--The first m e e t ' )T.'' ° : ng ~„ the Session was held on Monday evening , Colone --bell V.P., in the Chair ; on which occasion twelve n l e°l9e" were elected, and twenty-nine candidates propose' xeral , interesting ANßE p m ap A e l r N s s w . e_re A read. Rom the iu m 9rlli s t ? 'B ' ° r number of - hum an sic h eal°e" s aim c end o eass v ,nco e uew r rnf e atae d hcr et ou a aGfr t xeers : eos Shooter's-hill, o tese o psw t eu e ag r retr ' ss s te:ta h etr i l n l , battle ßnae Railway. w r tons, remarkable for their high state of preservatinni3erof gold, , silver, and brass, bearing the impress f v°lljl 0 0 0. other Emperors, were found in various of the gr a „ifiCt e , 0 0oblong Mansion-house loln4 go ; tllesquare, i 0 longest s v o. i el measuring t b e sides removed e m 2t7 o oo v e e f r f d r e e oe d ; nt d NEW ROYAL EXCHANGE. For this Pl-J tot edifice, the whole mass of buildings from Fineh lane t , of ° I, II sb o b i3p n a l b e i t at n i hrys spearheads, il l i s tha ea dt , &c.,tt about, in ht b he oet(1 both Be length,s a ai o n gn f d n m bi I t oy & ° Il a rY .ntia ; vo i di ° r o cercei d , tion, and Cornhill in the other. The internal er e t t erit °. our merchants are to congregate, will be to the e' 11. 150 feet by 60. 11 ' cil l assaulting his wife, and in the course of the waPiytabegbourn, pr; A man was yesterday eharged at Union O a he f°' lowing facts were elicited : The complainant ba d aillheee: married at the age of fourteen to a person wne try t.- i n quirf t d bee , ' been transported. Before the convict left this o ell o ,ife b )' defendant had promised him to take care of his , doll °. marrying her himself, which he had accordingi:l3ol Latterly, however, the parties had quarrelled, ea c l e 1 0 ,1 ing the other of matrimonial infidelities, and the w i ro t.so wished to be relieved from her second s pouse, on the g ot „, tbe that her first husband, although since dead, was alir e 0 Ol e time of h er un i on with defendant. Th e defendant °Ol, tile l other hand contended that the first marriage was a ill! .e} f vii . ady not eing of age, and conseuently tht he lx . ifs ' veil her laiiful b husband, and with all her f a ults he did of r h at to part from her. The Magistrates were of 013 111° f e re ' II ! the fi rs t marriage was valid, but declined to interreto live.r tba the c ase . The husband was, however, held to bag assault, and the wife expressed her determina tion 00'. with hi m b u t t o sue f or a divorce. nOn t leo • DUTY ON ESTATE SALES.---A c orresr este ri states that it was mentioned in the Court of Bitnir_ rep h e' day that Government have it in contemplation lu_ to tb _ the duty on estate sales, it being a great obstructioni_st ths disposal of property ; and there being no increased consumption of agreement and other st w er r o :so' , increase of publie advertisements in the newsPaP would afford a full compensation to the revenue. douhat _ton do e c ) - 4- & k X., .--- (c 4, -74r-- 1 1- '''''''‘ ' ttIV -. ' * t .. ,_... --....., WITH WHICH THE " TRUE SUN " IS NOW INCORPORATED. ! , FI